Singing for the gods

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A new approach to an old question - the relationship between myth and ritual. Barbara Kowalzig shows how choral performances of myth and ritual, taking place all over the ancient Greek world in the early fifth century BC, helped to effect social and political change in their own time.



Singing for the Gods develops a new approach towards an old question in the study of religion - the relationship of myth and ritual. Focusing on ancient Greek religion, Barbara Kowalzig exploits the joint occurrence of myth and ritual in archaic and classical Greek song-culture. She shows how choral performances of myth and ritual, taking place all over the ancient Greek world in the early fifth century BC, help to effect social and political change in their own time. Religious song emerges as integral to a rapidly changing society hovering between local, regional, and panhellenic identities and between aristocratic rule and democracy. Drawing on contemporary debates on myth, ritual, and performance in social anthropology, modern history, and theatre studies, this book establishes Greek religion's dynamic role and gives religious song-culture its deserved place in the study of Greek history.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 22 december 2011

Aantal pagina's: 508

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Barbara Kowalzig

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 155 mm

Product hoogte: 29 mm

Product lengte: 236 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 155 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 235 mm

Verpakking lengte: 236 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 777 g

EAN: 9780199639502

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